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HEEL BUBNISHING MACHINE. No. 288,381. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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UNrrnD S'rnrns risica artnr OLIVER CYR, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WLFR-El) L. SHARON, OF SAME PLACE.

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'SPECIFICATION formingpart .of Letters Patent No. 283,381, dated August 21, 1883.

Application filed January 10, 1883. (No model.) f

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Beit known that I, OLIVER CYR, a subject of Great Britain, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Jack and Heel- Burnishing Machine Combined, of which the following is a specification. Y Y

My invention relates to improvements in jacks and heel-burnishing machines.

The objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a jack so constructed and combined with a heel-burnishing machine that the last, with the boot or shoe thereon, can be brought into any position desired by the operator for the purpose of burnishing the heel without removing the last from the jack, the toe-piece of the jack being movable and held in position by a ratchet for the purpose of using lasts of different sizes and, second, to combine with a jack a heelburnishing iron driven by steam or other power, and furnished with a handle to enable the operator to guide its motion and increase or diminish its pressure on the heel.

The drawings accompanying this specifica` tion illustrate the mechanism by which the foregoing objects are accomplished. In saigl drawings, Figure lis a Vview of the entire ma- 'Y chine adjusted for operation. Fig. 2 represents the jack detached from the rest of the machine and in its normal position. Fig. 3 represents the burnishing-iron and holder detached from the rest of the machine.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all of the figures.

The table A and the standards B B and G C constitute the frame-work of the machine.

H represents the base of the jack, which is fastened tothe table A, and is immovable. The lower plate of thejack (marked J) is connected with the base H at the side, so that the portion of the jack above the base can be tipped, as it appears in Fig. 1. The upper plate of thcjack (marked K) is rotary, the base of the spindle L.'

passing through its center and connecting it with the plate J upon which it turns.

Lis the spindle. Its base passes through the center of the plates J and K. Itis held in position by a pin at the bottom of the plate J. The `top of the spindle L is so shaped that it can be inserted in the hole in the last.

Y represents elast with a shoe thereon placed performed.

on the head-.block and in process of manufacture. y The toe-piece M is fastened to the plate K by a pin, and can be inclined in either direction for the purpose of using alonger or shorter last. The top of the toe-piece is shaped to receive the toe of the last. The ratchet N is connected withthe spindle L by a pin, is movable, and is designed to hold the toe-piece in position after it has been adj usted to receive the toe of the last.

D is the shaft passing through the standards B B, by means of which poweris applied. The shaft D maybe driven by a belt passing around one of the pulleys F, which is connected with the shaft D. One ofthe pulleys F revolves on the shaft D, and is designed to carry the belt when the power is not in use. Y G is the ily-wheel at the end of the shaft D. The eccentric-rod E is attached to the ily-wheel G. The rod E is broken between the standard C and the ily-wheel G, the two parts being united by a pin. The portion of the rod E near the flywheel G is curved to prevent its interference with the motion of the fly-wheel. The straight part of the rod E slides through holes in the standards C C, and is connected by a pin with the rod O, which is also connected by a pin with the holder S. The rod O is curved to admit ofthe movement of the last on the jack.

.P is the burnishing-iron, which fits into a groove on the under side of the holder S. It may be held .in position by a screw or plug. The burnishing-iron is concave on one side, to admit the llame from a gas jet or lamp for The burnishing-irons may be of different sizes and shapes, according to the work to be The holder S has a Igroove in its under side for the reception of the burnishing iron l?, and is hollow throughout, to admit of the motion of the round slide R when the machine is in use.

T is the handle, by means of which the operator guides the burnishing-iron and applies Y' pressure. The handle T is made to move readily on the holder S by means of the dat slide V, which moves on the top of the holder S, and the round slide R in the inside of the holder S; y

I am aware that prior to my invention j acks 2 easel with rotating and opening plates'have been in n use, and also heel-burnishers operated by steam or other power, and I do not claim jacks and heel-burnishers, broadly, as my invention; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a burnishing-maehine, the jack having` a rotary plate, K, a plate J, connected with the base H. by a hinge at the side, a spindle, L, set in the center of the\plate K, a toe-piece, M, fastened to the plate K by a pin and held in position by a ratohet, N, all substantially as set forth.

2. A heel-burnisher, P, flied in a holder, S, moved by the rods E and O, connected with the ily-Wheel G and the shaft D, and furnished With the handle T and the slides V and R, all substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, in a burnishing -ma- Chine, of a jack having arotaryplate, K, a plate, J, Connected with the base H by a hinge at the side, a spihdle, L, set in the center of the rotary plate K, a-toe-pieoe, M, fastened to the rotary plate K by a pin and held in position by a ratchet, N, With a heel-burnisher, P, iiXed in a holder, S, moved by the rods E and O, connected with the iiy-Wheel G and the shaft D, and furnished Witlrthe handle T and the slides V and R, all substantially as set forth.

OLIVER CYR.

Vitnesses:

FRANCIS H. PEARL, J oHN A. PAGE. 

